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When Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went public with his desire to have a say in personnel decisions and his frustration at being hit too much earlier this month, they said the Seahawks were dissatisfied with this and it led some to wonder if it was the first step towards a team exit.
Wilson said the question of whether it is available for exchange is for the Seahawks to respond and the teams have been asking. Michael Silver of NFL Media reports that a third of the league called the team about the possibility of a negotiation with Wilson.
Silver adds that these teams believed that the starting point for any serious conversation would be three choices in the first round. That’s a little different than the word earlier this month that there was no chance that the team would trade Wilson, although it is unclear whether anyone expressed a willingness to move that number of assets to Seattle in an exchange.
Trading Wilson would require the Seahawks to take $ 39 million of dead money to its limit, although waiting to process a trade until after June 1 would allow them to push $ 26 million into the 2022 season. Silver also reported that the Seahawks understood Wilson’s message and that there is an opportunity to alleviate your concerns before any negotiations are put on the table.